Anne Rice, the gothic novelist widely known for her bestselling novel "Interview With the Vampire," died at the age of 80. American gothic-fiction writer Anne Rice, best known for The Vampire Chronicles novel series, passed away. Anne Rice’s debut novel, published in 1976, ...

Padma Shri awardee and centenarian teacher from Odisha, Nanda Kishore Prusty, who was fondly called Nanda Sir, passed away at a private hospital here on Tuesday, family sources said. On 9th November 2021, he was conferred with the Padma Shri award for his contributions in the field ...

Eileen Ash, the oldest-ever Test cricketer, has died at the age of 110.  Ash, nee Whelan, made her Test debut for England against Australia in 1937 and played seven Tests in total, taking 10 wickets at an average of 23.00 with her right-arm seam bowling before her retirement in 1949. Eileen ...

Sarada Menon, head of the Institute of Mental Health, and pioneer in India's mental health space, died on Sunday at the age of 98, in Chennai. She was born in a Malayali family in Mangaluru, Karnataka. She was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1992 for social works. Some facts about Dr ...

Veteran journalist Vinod Dua (67) passed away. He was one of the pioneers in Hindi broadcast journalism, worked with Doordarshan to present the youth programme Yuva Manch in the mid-’70s and later with several other television news channels. Dua was a pioneer in broadcast Hindi ...

Former Governor of Tamil Nadu and former Chief Minister of the unified State of Andhra Pradesh, Konijeti Rosaiah, 88, passed away in Hyderabad on Saturday after a brief illness. Rosaiah had served as MLA, MLC, Lok Sabha members. He held several key portfolios including finance, transport, ...

Veteran Telugu film lyricist 'Sirivennela' Sitarama Sastry, a recipient of the Padma Shri and numerous other awards, died due to lung cancer-related complications at a private hospital. He was 66. He was born on May 20th, 1955 in Anakapalle village in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra ...

Veteran songwriter Stephen Sondheim, who redefined the American musical theatre, has passed away. He was 91. He received 8 Tony Awards, a Special Tony Award 2008 for lifetime achievement in the theatre. He also received a Pulitzer Prize (‘Sunday in the Park’), and an Academy Award for ...

Sahitya Akademi Award-winning poet Sananta Tanty died on Thursday at a private hospital in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. He was 69. Tanty received several awards and recognitions. He received the Sahitya Akademi in 2016 for his collection of poems in Assamese titled ‘Kailoir Dinto Amar ...

The former president of South Korea Chun Doo-hwan passed away at the age of 90 years due to heart failure in Seoul, South Korea. He belonged to the ‘Democratic Justice’ party. The South Korean politician was also a former army general, who led the 1979 military coup that sparked ...